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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1882)
! t ' am 111 mi ihii ii' il I ! & o. A -1 ! st; A J MitiM'' S'dacr. " ' V JMROinER&OO., Propriiton. SuRSRIPt - Tiiri-j i NEBRASKA. I"1" M,-TM'r X-JTALF M iim.? nr.Afih" 1 yitut was Phllo Frcor, i 'nouto mid queer, M h.i Tmiio us up cnmu EM scanty livelihood. Ijlnir. luckless, liizv lout G. V titcd, tlshed mid lmifo'l about, on errands ior ms orcau cr had u cent ahead .n wvpf that curious kind ffcr will nlwnjrs llnl i lloforo tho lavorn, sltthiK down. Ono day n ahowinnu passed thnt woy, Whoso mime was Kpimuutus Hrajr An cRsy-jfoliiK sort of mini, Who truvolrd with a "caravan" Exhltiittnit whnro'cr ho went, Bonoath a dinky ounvii tent, A two-lcKffi'd borsc, ihree-loffKed hon, A woman with n wondrous won, A Tartar fflrl with fourteen too"), That balanced bottles on hor nose, A dwarf that darned an Irish Jig, A snake and educated pljr : And other things as raro and stranuro, Ily which ho shrewdly gained his ohango Oroat thlnsrs from llttlo nothing grow, Llko " Urny's llohemoth Moral Show." Ono sultry day, Freer, mooting Dray, Said to hint, In n solouui way: " J saw about a month ago A splondld subject for your show A great attraction you'll admit Tho moment I have told of It: A man whoso face was one-half black, And I can put you on his track. And will, It you will promptly pay A doublo X to mo to-day." " Agroed," tho anxious snowman crlod. " Then, follow me," tho rogues ropllod. Tho money paid. Through highways mean, Uy by-ways narrow and unclean Frocr led tho way till llray began To wonder where they'd llnd thoir man. At last Freer paused, and, with a loer, Ho said to llray : " Heboid him horol'' Tho showman gazed irom whoro ho stood, And saw a negro sawing wood. " You seo," said Freer, with acocnt keen, " ISoUi halve arr. Mark and jou are green." Ewjcne J. Hall, Oi Chicago Inter Ocean, m m "THE KING'S BUSINESS." Slowly and aimlessly out of tho vil lage wandered poor, half-witted Nat thnt pleasant summor nflornoon. IIo had no particular destination, "only goin' somewhere " his reply always to any question in regard to his move ments. During the morning ho had been parading tins vitiligo street, his hat trimmed luxuriantly with foathors, whilo ho sounded forth hiftrawn praisos through tho medium of a tin horn. Of course, he had attracted attention. A small army of urchins had surrounded him, front and rear, and ho had taken thoir shouts and teasing .-romai'lcs for applauso aniladmiration. But now Ids grandour wftj gone. Ono by one his followers had forsaken him, until at last ho was ' left alone in his glory," and with poor Nat, like the res' of us, what does glory amount to whan thero arc none to witness? And so lie moved onward in his drift ing, uncertain way across tho creek at tho edge of the village, up tho hill, un til his stalwart form stood out against tho sky for Nat was strong in body though weak in mind; thon ho jmaaeU down on tho other sido to whoro tho road entered a forest which stretched for miles away. It was hero quiet and lonoly, but Nat fancied this. IIo occa sionally liked to escape from human voices and human habitations, to got nway by himself and talk with tho birds, tho trees and tho ilowors. Hero In tho wood the wild vagaries of his brain found full play. Iloro no ono dis puted his claims to greatnoss, no ono donicd his boing a noted general, a gifted orator or musician, when tho fancy seized him to bo such. In fact, Nat always had "greatness thrust upon him;" he was never an ordinary man in his own estimation, and ho was not now. Hut on this occasion a now fancy had taken possession of him ho was on businoss for the King. What King, or what was tho particular business ho did not precisely know, but ho had derived his idea from various sermons bo had heard at the village church and Sunday-school, which ho attended with scrupulous punctuality through all weathers, anil although ho understood but littlo of thcpioccedings, yotchanco sontences had fastened thomsdlves on his sluggish brain. " I'm on business for tho King," ho muttered, reaching up his great strong hand and wrenching a huge overhang ing branch from its place and speedily converting it into a walking-stick. "Yes, I'm on business for tho Kin", tho King of all around here, tho binfs, tho treos, the ilowors and tho bumble bees. Ho sent mo, lie did. Parson said so t'other Sunday. Ho said tho King sont out His messengers to do His work. Ho sent out twolvo on 'em onco't, an' they wasn't to take no money in thoir purse nor nothin' to cat. Guess He sent me, 'cause I hain't got no money an' hain't had nothin' to oat all day.'' He strodo onward, murmuring his thoughts as ho went, until after a timo he came upon a public road which ran through tho wood. A placard fastened to a tree by the roadside attracted his attention, and ho paused to consider it. Ho could not road, but as his oyes wcro fixed upon tho printed characters tho tinklo of a cow-bell was heard down tho road, and presontly a cow came into view, followed by tho short, sturdy lig uro and round, freckled faco of Tommy Brook. Tommy was flourishing a largo stick and shouting at tho cow in his of forts to keep herin a proper homeward direction. And ho camo up and ex claimod: . WiiiiiiiU' 10 a country town. . ii "Hollo, Natl What heroP" aro you doin' tho King," ro whoP" asked "I'm on business for plied Nat, witJi dignity. "On business for- lommy, in urpri "l-or tno Kinir. He sent mo." s.iid Nat again. "'J hat's his orders there, 1 take it," pointing to tho placard. " What is it, Tommy?" From 4t'5j J III IU 1 ' ukc nuiicc, "ThatP Why that's only an adver tisement," answered Tommy, his oyes opening wider in his astonishmont. "It says: Go to Tracoy's Half-Way IIouso for a squaro moal.' " "Yos, I know'd itl I know'd it!" ox claimed Nat, exulting). " Tho King said ta'io no money nor nothin' to cat, an' Ho'd take koer of mo. Ho says 'Go,' an' 111 oboy ordors," and instant ly his tall figuro was moving swiftly down tho road; - Tommy gazod after him a mlnuto In bewildered silence, and thon oxclaimod, emphatically, as ho turned away: " My! but ain't ho cracked!" With rapid stops Nat hurried fonvard, swinging his huge stick and talking to himself. IIo had taken tho placard as a veritable- command to go to Tracoy's, and thitherward ho directed his stops. It was not tho first timo ho had boon thoro. On provious occasions when ho had passod that way ho had been kindly treated by Mrs. Tracoy, and perhaps that had somothing to do with tiio alacrity of his movomont, and ho httstcnod down tho road till it brought him to a small stroum, on tho bank of which stood a saw-mill. Mr. Tracoy, tho owner of tho Half-Way IIouso, was engaged at work hore, and ho turned aside to speak to him. "I'm on businoss for tho King, ond I'm goin' to your houso," ho an nounced, with tho dignified gravity Unit bolonged to his royal commission. " On business for tho King, an'd goin' to my house, eh?" nnswored tho person addressed, a good-natured smilo cross ing his kindly faco. "Well, I rockon that's a high honor to mo. You'vo got a tramp afore you, though, Nat a good sovon miles." " I must oboy orders," replied Nat, simply. "That's right oboy orders. Well, if you do go toll Mrs. Tracoy I'll bo homo to-morrow night Toll hor, too, not to bo uneasy about that money bo in' in tho housc,"'causol'llseoto it when Iconic." " What money's thatP" asked a follow workman as Nat turned away. " My pension. My claim was allowed last week, and I got my money rivo hundred dollars yesterday. 1 was fool ish not to put it in tho bank right off, jpuft didn't, and as I didn't havo timo togVto town yesterday I had to lcavo it at home. I reckon it's sato enough, though, till to-morrow night, and then" "Hist!" interrupted his companion, suddenly. "What's that?" Tracoy paused to listen. "I didn't hoar anything," ho said. "I thought I hoard somo ono over thero," pursued tho othor, pointing to a largo, high pilo of hoards a fow foot distant tho boards boing piled in form of a squai'Oi with a largo cavity in tho conter. "Most;1 likoly it was rats, though." " More likoly to bo rats than anything else, " thoro's so many about hero," answered Tracoy. Then ho ,jtiddod jrioulurlyt "Maybe, though, it's thorn burglars that's been ploy in' mischief 'round theso parts for tho last week or so may bo thoy'ro stowed away in that pilo of lumber. My! if I really bolioved that I'd bo uneasy myself, for tho chaps would havo heard all I said about my pension." "What burglars is thatP" inquired the other. "What burglarsP Why, man, don't you road tho papers? Why, only yester day tho Sheriff and his deputies rodo by my houso on tho hunt for 'em. Last Saturday night thoy broke into Lawyer Burko's houso, in tho village and carriod off about a hundred dollars, anil then on Sunday night thoy got into tho railroad station, broko open tho safo, and mado off with about tlireo hundred moro. That's tho biggest of thoir hauls, though thoy'vo entered several other places." Tho conversation was continued on this topio for a few minutes, and then dropped. Neither of tho men thought it worth whilo to investigate tho cause of tho noise, and they pursued thoir work for a short time and wore then called ovor to the other sido of the mill. Just as they disappeared a faco peorod over tho top ot tho board-pile from tho inside, another followed a moment lator, and presontly two rough, villainous looking mon camo into viow, and seeing thoy wore unobsorvod, sprang quickly to tho ground and hastonod into tho forest. "Closo shavo that, as boin' as wo was hid thoro all last night and all day till now," said ono, as ho pushed through tho underbrush. "Yes; I thought as onco thorn mill chaps was a comin'.to look," rospondod tho other. "Good for 'em as thoy didn't, an' took us for rats; 'cause tho p'lico bo on tho look-out now an' we don't want to uso no shootin' irons an' make things too hot. Wo i4iust movo out lively irom 'ere, Bill." " Not Ull we get that 'ore ponslon," 'answered Bill, significantly. "That lay-out woro as good as pitched at us, an' it' d bo a pity not to tako it. 'Sides, I tho Gov'mont owes mo a pension for all I tiio timo I've lost in jails and prisons, l an' this ore's a good chance to get it. I knows whoro tho crib is, 'cause wo stopped there last wcok for somothin' to eat, don't you mind? This feller that owns it was there at tho timo. Thero is I nobody but a woman an' two littlo uns, 1 an' thoy'ro oasy fixed, an' thoro ain't no othor house nigh." j "But thoro's that 'oro othor chap as i said as ho was a goin' there?" "lilmi' no's crazy, an' if ho goes thoro at all liu'll only stop a bit an' movo on. A tap on tho head'll settle him, anyway, if ho's thoro but then ho won't be thoro.,' During this timo Nat was not idle. His tall foun, with long and steady stride, was hastening forward "on busi ness for tho King." It did not occur to him what ho should do when ho roaehod Tracoy's, ond had boon supplied with food. At presont ho was "obeying or ders "and boyondthat his though" did not go. It was, indued, along walk ho had undertaken, and it was just at dusk that ho reached hjs destination. Tho Half-way Hondo was a lonoly hostolry, situated at tho intersection of two roads, with uo othor houso in sight, and was a common stonping-nhco for porsons pass ing to and from tho city. Nat stopped boldly upon tho broad piazza in front, and with full consolousnoss of his right wnlked unhositatingly into tho pleasant sitting-room. Mrs. Tracoy camo for ward to moot him. "Why, Nat, Is that you?" "Yes'in," ho nnswored, gravoly. "I was told to oomo horo an' got a squaro meal. Tho King sont mo." "Tho King sent you? Woll, I guoss I'll havo to givo you a supper thon," said sho. "And by thq way, Nat, did you seo my im vOUrwavhoroP" " les'in; Hi il for mo to toll you ho'(U!to-morrer night, an' for yevr r ,! Tfoo unoasy 'bout that monoylHFgJ O doarfl did bo hopo ho'd como this ovening," sho sighed. Sho was, haloed, uAposy on acconnt of tho money in Vh'JCiuuso. Sho had slept but littlo thcjAecodlng night for thinking of it, anw!ul wornod about it all through tho day, and now another lonoly night was boforo hor. As sho was preparing supper for hor guest an other thought camo to hor. Could sho not induco Nat to stop thoro for tho nightP His notion of wandoring mado it im uncortain request, and oven if ho romainod, with his beclouded Intellect, ho could not bo depended on in case of troublo. Still ho would bo company, and porhaps ho might aid hor sho prayed for that if sho needed help. "Nat," sho said, as sho poured out a glass of mjlk for him, " won't you stay hero to-night?" "I don't know whothor it bo orders," ho answered, uncertainly. "Parson said.tlio King sent out His messengers, an' thoy wasn't to tako no monoy nor nothin' to cat, iui' I don't know if it bo right to stop." " O yos it is," replied Mrs. Tracoy, catching at onco an Ideaof his thoughts. "I hoard what, tho parson said too. When tho King's messenger entered a houso ho was to abide there that is to slop. Don't you rcmomber?" , Nat considered tho proposition. "Yos'm, that's His ordors. I'll stop," ho said. "And, Nat," pursuod tho lady, ren dered eager by her success, "thoro's another tiling tho King said you heard it at Sunday-School. lie said: Suffer littlo children to como unto mo' that is, such littlo children as mino thoro," pointing to them as thoy stood at hor sido. "And tho King said, too: Whoovor shall offend ono ot theso littlo ones it is hotter for him that a mill stone woro hangod about his nock, and ho woro cast into tho sea' Tho King doosn't wish 'any harm to como to liS littlo ones, in any way you romombcr flintP" "Yes'm," ropliod Nat, absently. "Woll, thou," continuod Mrs. Tracoy, driving tho concluding nail into hor ar gument, "if any bad men should como horo to-night, and try to hurt mo or thoso littlo ones that belong to tho King, you would holp us, wouldn't you?" Sho waitod anxiously for tho reply. Nat looked at hor vaguely for a mo ment, and thon his oyes wandered aim lessly around tho room, and then back to hor. 1'inally ho said, quietly : "Tho King soirt mo. "I'll ob oboy or- dors." How far ho understood sho did not know, and all her effort could draw out no moro definito reply, and with that sho was obliged to bo content. As tho ovening grow lato sho provided hor guest with a sleoping-placo, in an ad joining room, by throwing a fow quilts on tho floor for Nat would sleep no where olso and thon she lay down with out undressing, on a bed bosidolior chil dren. But it was a long timo boforo slumber visited hor troubled spirit. As for Nat. no thought of worry or anxioty for tho future was on his mind, and ho "slopt tho sleep of tho just" and his dreams woro peaceful. lJut aftor a timo thoso dreams becamo disturbed and discordant a voico seemed to be calling to him from his King, and presently ho awakened witli a start. "Nat! holp! Nat, tho King wants you!" camo in smothorod tones from tho othor room. In an instant ho sprang lightly to his foot, and grasping his stick ho strodo forward and opened the door. A fear ful struggle mot his viow as ho onterod. Two rough, ovil-looking men woro thoro ono holding Mrs. Tracoy, tho other tho childrenand tho villains wero evi dently drying to bind and gag thoir vic tims. As Nat witnessod the scone his tall form seeraod to tower yet higlior, and a strango, iiorco light gleamed from his oyes. "I belong to tho King!" ho thun dorod. How daro yon oilond His littlo ones?" At this unexpected intrusion ono of tho burglars released his hold of Mrs. Tracoy, and sprang forward with an oath to meet him. But it was in vain. Tho groat stick was whlrlod in tho air, and then camo down with foarful forco on tho head of tho villain, and ho sank senseless to tho floor. Tho remaining burglar hastened to his comrado's as sistance, but ho was like a child in tho hands of a giant, and in a moment ho, too, was hofpless and motionless. Nat stooped and drew tho two insonslblo forms toward him. "Now bring thorn ropes, and I'll hang a" ho pausod, and loft tho son tonco unfinished. " But thero ain't no millstones 'bout horo to hang 'round thoir nocks!" hu added, looking up bo-, wildored. "Do you b'liovo a bio: rook would do? I mnst oboy orders." "No, I don't beliovo a rook WtMtiti do," ropllod Mrs. Tracoy, smiling if. spite of lior alarm. "But thoy will bi coming to presently; 1 would just tie thoir hands and feet and leave tiiem un til morning." "Yes'm, so I will. Tho King said tio 'cm hand and foot that's His ordors. Thoy won't, offend His littlo ones any more," and in a fow minutes Nat had thorn safoly soouroiL I need not toll of tho night that fol lowed, of how Nat kopt sleepless guard over his captives, and of how, whon morning camo and holp oamo with it, tho burglars woro safoly lodgod in tho county jail. All that is easily sur misod. But at last Nat was n horo not only in his own oyes but in tho oyes of all othors. IIo uoro his honors meekly and with dignity, as a right bo longing to a servant of tho King. Ho accepted tho numerous congratulations and hand-shakings, wondering, porhaps, what it all meant, and replying to tho questions heaped upon him with tho simplo statement: "i just oboyod or dors." Nothing, howovor, could Induco him to accept any roward for Ids sorv Iccs. Tito royal command was to tako no bread, no money in his purso, and ho would not. Hut Nat did not lack for friends aftor that. Ho still continuod his wandor ing, and, as tho story spread, homos and hearts wcro open to him every where But it was at Tracoy's that ho was moro ospocially welcomed, and as tho yours camo and wont it was no ticed that his visits became moro fro quont and his stays moro prolongod. In deed, as Tracoy expresses it: "Ho'llgothls ordors to oomo horo an' dio yot, T rockon; an' ho's wolcomo to all tho caro wo can glvo him. An' I just boliovo that away up in that othor world wo read about, ho' 11 bo as clear headed as any body, and in gonuino earnest will forovor bo on businoss for tho King."' Our Continent. Something About Tables. Tho Grook lady of loisuro in Athons employed horsolf at tho sniiinlnir-wlieol, ami had littlo need of ataolo, and, beau tiful in design and form as all Greek furnituro was, ono striking natural char acteristic proclaimed itself in iho fur nishing of tho homos. Thoy novor had that for which thoy could lind no prac tical use, and, consequently, as tablos woro only ncodod for tho pvirposo of meals, thoy appoarod only at thoso timos, and woro moro slabs of wood, which woro brought in at tho dinnor hour and sot down loosely upon thoir logs. Tho meal ovor, tho tablo vanished with tho empty plates. In Homorio days each person had a soparato tablo, and it was only whon luxury crept in that a larger tablo for tho mon bocamo com mon, whilo tho women dined ntsoparatu ones. Thon tho custom of lounging on couches, tho elbows resting on tho tablo, bocamo usual, and tho iiuKos voro ox pected to sit whilo thoir lords assumed tho most comfortablo attitudo thoy could find. Even thon, howovor, tho tablo played so entirely a subordinate part that wo novor read of it as boing of nandsomor material, or, indeed, as uo ing of any importance at all, except to groan under tho food, which wns of tho most luxurious description. Tho Romans, on tho contrary, hold thoir tables in tho highest ostitnation. Thoy oven mndo collections of thorn. Sonoca posscssod flvo hundred small ones. It is curious to traco, in tho ac counts old wrilors givo us of Roman luxury in this respect, a sort of likeness to tho tasto of modern days. No arti cle of furnituro in tho Roman houso cost so much as tho tablo. Thoso with ono foot or pedestal brought enormous prices, l'liny says that tables wero brought in tho first instanoo from tho East, and woro called orbos, not bo causo thoy woro round but because they wero massivo plates of wood, cut from tho trunk of a treo in its wliolo diam eter. Yot, oddly enough, wo hear vory littlo of tables in the East or in ancient history. Moses mado a table for tho Tabernacle, as if it wcro somothing un common, upon which to lay tho show bread. Philo Judicus describes it as having been two cubits long and ono and a half high, and dwells upon it as a romarkablo pieco of furnituro. Fashionablo tables in tho luxurious Roman homes woro callod "monopo dia," and wero mado of a massivo plato of wood, resting upon a column of ivo ry; such tablos wcro enormously ex pensive, and, according to l'liny, tho wood was brought from Maurotania and cut from tho trunk of tho citrus tree. Somo of theso piocos of wood wero four feet in diameter, and tho ivory column which supported thorn was extremely massivo. Tho greatest caro was taken of such tables. Thoy wcro polished and covered with tfiick cloths mado generally of coarse linon, tho first indi cation wo meet with of the modern ta blecloth. Cicero had such a tablo, for which ho paid tho enormous sum of 1,000,000 sesterces. Just as to-day tho handsomost walnut-wood tables tiro thoso made of wood cut from tho trunk nearest tho root, so in tho days of Roman magniflconco highest pricos woro paid for tho tables mado from tho last of tho citrus treo, because tho wood was dap pled and marked. Chamber's Journal. Tho Cranborry oro vein, noar Chat tanooga, now boing oponod, promises to bo tho most romarkablo in the coun try. A thickness of seventy feet lias alreauy boon found, and it Is tlioti'dit It will reach 130 foot. Tho comnauv op erating it has spont$l, 000,000 on a rail road and land investment, and proposo to mino ono thousand tons por day. Chicago Times, Tho Baptists of Now England aro said to bb gaining more rapidly than any other denomination. RELIUIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. Twonty -Siovon missionaries for China and Japan loft San Francisco ro' contly in one stoamor. Tho gifts of tho lato Edwin B. Mor gan to Wells College, at Aurora, N. Y., foot up about 93G4.000. Tiio London Saturday llcvicw classes Michigan University as a woman's collcgF, becauso Ann Arbor is a feminine name! Tho School Directors of Mononga hola City, Pa., require ovory lady teacher employed to sign a contract not to marry during the school year. Tho Irish Presbyterian Synod has adopted resolutions strongly condemn ing tho growing practico of sitting in instend of standing during prayers. A Union Church hns boon started atNuwhold, Conn., comprised of thirty members -Advontists, Methodists, Bap tists ami Congregatlonalists. Christian Union. Colonel Shortor, tho Romo, Ga, millionaire, left in ids will a boquest of $35,000 and one hundred shares of rail road slook to tho college that bears Ida name, as a permanent endowment, tho incomo thorefrom to bo used for tiio em ployment of teachers and tho assist ance of needy teachers. Chxcayo 'lHmcs. At tho commencement of Mount Union Collogo, Ohio, a fow days since, it was stated that during tho year tho attonditneo hud been filfi, witli a great er avorago attendanoo than formerly, and that tho total number of students from tho origin of tho collogo had boon l(i,f)20, about ono-fourth of thorn ladies, and ovor ono-half touchers. Tho rovislon of Luther's Blblo, be gun in 186o, hussjust boon finished. Of tho thirty origlnnl members of tho re vision commlttoo but fourteen livo to see tho rovislon completed. Tho work is now to bo printed and submitted to tho university faculties for criticism. It will probably bo ready for tho public in about two years. N. Y. Jntlepcnilent. An English nowspapor writor saya: "Sermons, When for a charity, might bo reduced In longth woro ovorybody to follow tho example of a friend of mino. Whon 'sitting under' ono of those ser mons, ho places twenty shillings in ids pockot. After tho sermon has lasted twonty rainutos, ho deducts a shilling for ouch extra flvo minutes, and only lints in tho plato what remains." N. Y. Post. ' It is gradually bocoming impressed upon tho publ'0 that to learn a fow sim- filo things intolljgontly and with tho roshncss of iritorpst and liking is hotter for a child thantp commit to memory in a perfunctory - fashion a host of things which inspire ilfwith nothing but weari ness and a dosiroto get through quickly and bo dono with it. Exact teaching suffused with honest enthusiasm is tho boon which tho future will brine Tho Sowth of public' "opinion. .n this diree n lias within tho. last two or three years boon ustonlshing. - Chicago Jour nal. Bishop Loughlin, of Brooklyn, has susponded tho Rov. J. Doughorty, of tho Church of tho Guardian Angel, at Brighton Beach, because ho had accoptcd monoy that camofrom an "improper Bourco." Father "Doughm-ty accepted tho offer mado by Mr. Eugenia of ono day's proceeds of tho race course Tho day was sot and -tho amount realized $2,000, which liosjboou returned to Mr. Engeman. Thcr'notion of tho Bishop has been approved by most of tho cler gy, but somo of them think tho rulo should bo extended so as to prohibit lot teries at church fairs. Christian Union. Treatment of Sunstroke. Sunstroke is causod by oxcessivo heat, ond ospocially if tho woathor is "Jiniiggy." It is more apt to occur on tho second, third, or fourth day of n heated term than on tho lirst. Loss of sloop, worry, excitement, closo sleeping rooms, debility, abuse of stimulants, prcdisposo to it. It is moro apt to at tack those working in tho sun, and es pecially botwoon tiio hours of cloven o'clock in tho morning and four o'clock in tho afternoon. , On hot days wear thin clothing. Havo as cool sleeping l'ooms as possible. Avoid loss of sleep and all unnecessary fatigue. If work ing in doors, and where thoro is arti ficial boat laundries, etc., seo that tho room is well ventilated. If working in tho sun, wear a light hat (not black, as it absorbs heat), straw, etc., and put insido of 'it on tho head, a wot cloth or a largo groeu leaf; frequently lift the hat from the head and seo that tho cloth is wet. Do not check porspiration but drink what water you ndod to keep it up, as perspiration pro vonts tho body from being overheated. Have, whenever possible an additional shade, as a thin umbrella, whon walk ing, a canvas or board cover when work ing in tho sun. Whon muoli fatigued do not go to work, but bo excused from work, especially after olovon ololock in tho nmrning on very hot days, if tho work is Iutliesnn. If a feeling of fatigue, dizziness, lieadacho or exhaustion oc curs, ceaso work immediately, lio down in a shady and cool place; apply cold cloths to and pour cold water ovor tho head and neck. If any ono is overcome by tho heat, (.end immediately for tho nearest good physician. While waiting for tho physician givo tho person cool drinks of water or cold black ton, or cold coffee, if able to swallow. If tho skin ih hot and dry, spongo with or pour cold water over tho body and limbs, and apply to tho head pounded ieo wrapped in a towol or othor cloth. If thero is uo ico at hand, kcop a cold cloth on tho head, and pour cold water on it as woll as on tho body. If tho person is pulo, very faint and pulse feeble, lot him inhalo ammonia for a fow seconds, or give him a toaspoou ful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in two tublcspoonfuls of water witli a littlo sugar. New York Hoard of Health. . A